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Rubber/tyre adhesive in Edinburgh?

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  • Started 1 year ago by Yodhrin
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  1. Yodhrin
    Member

    Didn't notice a seashell yesterday on a ride, and while the Marathon tyre didn't puncture there's a little cm2-ish flap of rubber at the edge of the tread I'd like to glue down so it doesn't rip off or capture a piece of glass or something - ideally I'd like to get some black Sugru but I've no idea if anywhere in Edinburgh sells it, anyone know of a place? Or failing that, where can I grab a cheap little tube of another flexible rubber adhesive?

    I could order off Amazon but since I refuse to contract the Prime virus it'd take a week or more to show up.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. neddie
    Member

    It doesn't normally take a week with standard (non Prime) delivery, that's just a con to get you to sign up. I recently ordered something on "Standard", they said it would take 6 days, in fact it arrived two days later (probably in the same van as if I had paid the £4.99 delivery)

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Would Hobbycraft have it? I did buy some from B&Q years ago, though they only had white, and then I kept it in the fridge for a year before getting round to using it, by which time it wasn't so useable.

    You could try a grab adhesive if you're planning DIY. I use Everbuild Stixall and it's very good, a bit more flexible than Gripfill for instance. But...you don't need a whole tube for a tyre repair.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. ejstubbs
    Member

    I use this stuff for that kind of repair: https://www.needlesports.com/Catalogue/Accessories/Buckles-Webbing-Repair/Stormsure-Repair It lasts more or less forever in the tube with the seal unbroken. Once you've opened a tube, it will keep for a good while (longer than Sugru) in the freezer.

    Go Outdoors stock it, but if you don't already have one of their membership cards that'll cost you another £5.

    The retailer I linked above is pretty swift at shipping stuff, otherwise shop around on eBay or elsewhere online.

    (IME it's really not difficult to avoid being sucked in to Amazon Prime if you're just a bit careful when you check out. TBH they seem to have given up trying to lure me in to it. Other reasons for avoiding Amazon are available. You can get free delivery in a couple of days of 'fulfilled by Amazon' stuff under £20 by asking for it to be delivered to a local Amazon locker )

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. ejstubbs
    Member

    Apparently it's also possible to make your own sugru equivalent - instructions easily found online (try Googling oogoo). Whether you can choose the colour of DIY sugru I don't know.

    Personally, I've decided that sugru as a product falls in to the "more trouble than it's worth" category, largely due to its unhelpfully short shelf life, even unopened.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. Yodhrin
    Member

    That Stormsure stuff looks spot on ejstubbs thanks, unfortunately Amazon won't let you order a lot of item categories to Lockers, adhesives are apparently one of them, every attempt to select a Hub location just returns "problem with an item, cannot fulfil your request at this time" errors.

    I suppose I'll just order a couple of books or something to push it past the free shipping threshold. Sadly I made the mistake of accepting a few of their "try Prime for free" offers and it turns out the price of that is a neverending "are you SURE you don't want to pay for Prime...?" screens at every checkout.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. MediumDave
    Member

    Stormsure can also be had from fishing shops as it is used in wader repair.

    Consequently Edinburgh Angling Centre or Gamefish might have it (though I got my last tube from Baynes in Callander).

    I don't fish (anymore) but I do need to repair waders from time to time.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  8. MediumDave
    Member

    Also regular polyurethane adhesive sticks most things. Usually sold in corner shops as XXXTREME!!1! REPAIR MAX GLUE or something similarly hyperbolic. Never tried it on tyres but it works on boot soles and things

    Posted 1 year ago #

  9. Dave
    Member

    Isn't puncture repair glue the perfect thing for this? Or are tyres too dissimilar to inner tubes? I've heard of people patching tubeless mtb tyres that get holes too big to seal.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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